Welcome to the Washington, DC and
Maryland Metro Section's website

ASQ Section 509
wishes you all success

and happiness heading
into 2019!

IMPORTANT: If you are a member
of ASQ Section 509 and have NOT been receiving
our biweekly Section 509 emails, please email
our Webmaster at Webmaster@ASQ509.org. Or click
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Webmaster at Webmaster@asq509.org.

General
Membership Meetings!

We are looking for
future speakers to present at our General
Membership Meetings. We are also looking
for new locations to hold the event. If
you are interested in presenting at a future
meeting or know of a place to hold our dinner
meetings, please contact our Section Chair,
Brent Greene, at chair@asq5009.org.

Remember to check
our bi-weekly email announcements and event
calendar for our next meeting.See you
there!

Certification Refresher
Courses

The Washington
DC and Maryland Metro Section offers refresher
courses for some of the ASQ certification
examinations. See the Certification
and Training Page for the offered courses
as well as other training resources.

Certification Examinations
- IMPORTANT
CHANGES

As of September
1, 2016 exams, ASQ will
transitioned to computer-based testing, or CBT,
for its exam delivery. Although the
application/approval process has not changed,
candidates will be required to
take an additional step after being approved to
schedule their testing
appointment with Prometric.

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News Feeds

Perdue Foods Recalls Over 68,000 Pounds of Chicken Nuggets
By Clyde Hughes
Perdue Foods announced a voluntary recall Thursday of more than 68,000 pounds of frozen chicken breast nuggets because some packages may contain pieces of wood.
The Georgia-based company said the contamination could affect some 49,632 bags of Perdue Simply Smart organic...News Item · National Feed · Jan 21, 2019

Getting a Better Grip on Reality, Robots Poised for Wider Role on Assembly Lines
By Rich Blake
For a second straight year, visitors to CES couldnt get enough of Forpheus, the ping-pong playing robot.
In fact, hes become something of a meta darling of the annual technology exhibition, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show and which was held earlier this...News Item · National Feed · Jan 21, 2019

Predictive Capabilities in Manufacturing and Its Impact on Customer Experience
For manufacturers, functioning equipment is the bedrock of business continuity. While there are dozens of reasons why equipment uptime is so important, the most pressing include the fact that end customers rely on capital equipment to keep their doors open, to satisfy customers, and ultimately,...News Item · National Feed · Jan 21, 2019

AI for Project Management Makes Projects More Strategic
Managing projects is something humans have done ever since there was a reason to delegate a task to someone else. Yet, even in this most human of activities, were seeing AI gain a foothold. Enterprises are using AI for project management to not only improve the way they create, manage and...News Item · National Feed · Jan 21, 2019